What does one do when you wake up to a rainy day in Interlaken, Switzerland? Well, we Googled our options and a visit to St.Beatus Caves came up! It was on our list of Things To Do, so we hopped in the car and headed that way!
It was POURING on those lovely mountain roads,
which made photographing the gorgeous sights we passed rather difficult! But we drove along Thun Lake for most of the trip.
It was a beautiful lake, can you tell?
We went through multiple tunnels (as did the biker),
and finally arrived at the entrance to the St. Beatus Caves. There were a million and a half people standing in the rain waiting to go in (I guess we weren’t the only one using Google) and not one parking spot was available, so we made the quick decision to keep on truckin! The second thing on our list to see on a rainy day was the La Maison du Gruyère (Cheese Factory)! So off we went through more tunnels,
past a lot of docked boats,
through several darling lake villages,
continued driving along the lake,
through several more darling coastal towns!
We drove by this cool clock in one such town!
The clouds were hanging low,
when we reached our destination, the cheese factory!
We walked through a self-guided tour,
and ended up in the restaurant! We were just in time for a very late lunch!
John and I tried what Switzerland is famous for—cheese fondue! And Jan and Joe shared a Gruyère cheese quiche. We were all in (a coma) heaven!
Back in the car and back down the street a ways was the chocolate factory (and our dessert for the day)!
Who knew that the Swiss company that we all know, the Nestles company, owned the Swiss brand, Caillers? As we walked down the road to the Caillers Headquarters, THE SUN CAME OUT! So when we were told that it was a two-hour wait to tour the facility, we really didn’t care! We didn’t want to spend any more time inside than we had to!
We arrived at the CAILLER factory, went inside and shopped to our hearts content! Good Lord, we bought WAY TOO MUCH chocolate! (IF that is even possible!)
Back in the car we got to enjoy blue skies, white clouds and, would you believe, John chose a different route home? Yes, for over an hour we switchbacked it all the way to our hotel. I had to keep my eyes closed the entire time to not get carsick, darn it! (I was told it was a beautiful drive!)
Later, we met up with Scho and Joe and walked the lively Interlaken streets for the last time (this trip anyway)!
We thought it appropriate (NOT) to enjoy a delightful Mexican meal for our last dinner in Interlaken! It may not have been very Swedish, but it was absolutely DELISH!
We were all pleased with how the weather changed later in the day! Tomorrow we pack and head to Grindelwald for the next three days! Good night all! We missed you, Mary and Steve!
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